#5AB8E7#5AB8E7

#5AB8E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.112 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AB8E7
RGBrgb(90, 184, 231)
HSLhsl(200, 75%, 63%)
HSVhsv(200, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(61%, 20.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(71.02, -14.09, -31.81)
CIE-LCHlch(71.02, 34.79, 246.11°)
OKLaboklab(74.42% -0.0676 -0.089)
OKLCHoklch(74.42% 0.112 232.8)
XYZxyz(35.7752, 42.2206, 81.8498)
Luminance0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AB8E7 #E7895A
analogous
#5AE7CF #5AB8E7 #5A71E7
triadic
#5AB8E7 #E75AB8 #B8E75A
tetradic
#5AB8E7 #CF5AE7 #E7895A #71E75A
square
#5AB8E7 #CF5AE7 #E7895A #71E75A
split-complementary
#5AB8E7 #E75A71 #E7CF5A
monochromatic
#197CAD #25A1DF #5AB8E7 #8FCFEF #C5E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#5AB8E7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44
#5AB8E7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8E7
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AB8E7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AB8E71.002.229.449.44
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4421.001.001.00
##0000009.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1B6E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8DA7E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5ab8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.112 232.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cdee',
    500: '#5ab8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5ab8e7;
$custom-light: #95cdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5ab8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74416,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AB8E7
secondary
#E8C6B5
accent
#510FD7
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8E7

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#5AB8E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva